1. Virginia Madsen was born on September 11,1961 and is an American actress.
29 Facts About Virginia Madsen
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Virginia Madsen is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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Outside film, Virginia Madsen has played recurring roles on Moonlighting, Frasier, American Dreams, Monk, The Event, Hell on Wheels, Witches of East End, and Designated Survivor.
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Virginia Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Elaine, who became an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and author, and Calvin Christian Madsen, a firefighter.
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Virginia Madsen later attended the Ted Liss Acting Studio in Chicago, and Harand Camp Adult Theater Seminar in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
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Virginia Madsen made her acting debut at age 22, in a bit part where she landed her role as Lisa in the romantic comedy film Class, co-starring Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe.
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Virginia Madsen next appeared in Kenny Loggins' music video for "I'm Free " from the Footloose soundtrack.
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Virginia Madsen portrayed a cellist named Madeline in the science fiction comedy Electric Dreams with Lenny Von Dohlen.
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Virginia Madsen was cast as Princess Irulan in David Lynch's science fiction epic Dune.
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Virginia Madsen first became known to audiences in 1986 with her portrayal of a Catholic school girl who fell in love with a boy from a prison camp in Duncan Gibbons' Fire with Fire, though the film drew scathing reviews.
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Virginia Madsen played a secretary named Allison Rowe in the comedy film Hot to Trot.
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Virginia Madsen played femme fatales in films such as Slam Dance, Gotham, The Hot Spot, which co-starred Don Johnson and Jennifer Connelly, and Linda.
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Virginia Madsen starred as Helen Lyle, an anthropology student, in the horror film Candyman, which drew good reviews and was a box office success.
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Virginia Madsen appeared in a small role in the Francis Ford Coppola drama The Rainmaker alongside Matt Damon and Claire Danes.
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Virginia Madsen delivered a critically acclaimed performance in Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne.
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Virginia Madsen later appeared in Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion, in a key role as the angel.
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Virginia Madsen co-starred alongside Jim Carrey in The Number 23 and Billy Bob Thornton in The Astronaut Farmer; both films were released in North America on February 23,2007.
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Virginia Madsen voiced Queen Hippolyta, mother of Wonder Woman, in the animated film Wonder Woman.
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In 1988, Virginia Madsen appeared as Maddie Hayes' cousin in the fifth and final season of the ABC drama series Moonlighting.
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Virginia Madsen has since made various television appearances, including Star Trek: Voyager, CSI: Miami, Dawson's Creek, The Practice, Frasier, and other television series.
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Virginia Madsen was co-host of the long-running television series Unsolved Mysteries in 1999, during the show's eleventh season.
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Virginia Madsen starred alongside Ray Liotta in the short-lived CBS crime drama series Smith.
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Virginia Madsen had a recurring role in the eighth and final season in the USA Network comedy-drama series Monk.
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In 2013, Virginia Madsen began appearing on Lifetime's Witches of East End as Penelope Gardiner, the main villainess of the first season.
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Virginia Madsen starred as Speaker Kimble Hookstraten in the first season of the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor.
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Virginia Madsen's first project was a film made with her mother titled I Know a Woman Like That.
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Virginia Madsen was married to actor and director Danny Huston after meeting on the set of Mr North.
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Virginia Madsen was in a long-term relationship with Antonio Sabato Jr.
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Virginia Madsen has been married to Gilmore Girls actor Nick Holmes since 2020.